Translation of: Cosmographia. Beschreibung aller Lender. 1544. First published in Italian as: Sei libri della cosmografia universale. Basel : H. Petri, 1558

Signatures: [dagger]² 2[dagger]⁴ A-B⁶ C-F⁶/⁸ G⁴ H-I² K⁶ L⁴ M-O⁸ P-Q² R⁸ S¹° T-V⁴ X-Z⁸ Aa-Dd⁸ Ee⁴ Ff⁶ Gg¹°(-Gg10) Hh⁸ Ii² Kk-Ll⁸ Mm-Nn² Oo-Pp⁴ Qq² Rr-Ss⁴ Tt-Vv⁸ Xx-Yy⁴ Zz² AA⁴ BB-CC² DD⁴ EE⁴ FF⁶ GG-HH² II-KK⁶ LL-NN⁴ OO⁸ PP-RR⁸ TT¹° VV⁶ XX¹° YY⁴ ZZ² AAa⁴ BBb¹⁴ CCc-Ddd² EEe¹⁴ FFf² GGg¹° HHh-IIi⁴ KKk-LLl⁸ MMm⁶ NNn² OOo-PPp⁸ QQq⁴ RRr-ZZz⁸ AAA-KKK⁸ LLL⁶ (LLL6 verso blank; numerous missigned leaves; gathering SS is reserved for one of the views)

Numerous errors in pagination

Printer's device on title page

There are 3 views which comprise 8 leaves each: the first found between pages 548 and 549 is unnumbered and signed EE3; the second found between pages 684 and 691 is numbered 685-689 and forms gathering SS; the third found between pages 752 and 755 is numbered 753-755 and signed ZZ2 and ZZ5

The corrections and expurgations mentioned on the title page are in the form of numerous cancels, pasting over, and crossing out with ink

Includes index

Pages 1178-1192: Delle nuove isole

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

Alden, J.E. European Americana

John Carter Brown Library copy leaf [dagger]2 bound following 2[dagger]4

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